Wool-press



(No Model.)

J. S. WHILLDIN, J1-.

WOOL PRESS. 7

No. 248,372. Patented Oct. 18,1881

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WOOL-PRESS. 1

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,372, dated October 18, 1881.

- Application filed July 7, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN S. WHILLDIN, J r., a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Presses; and 1 do hereby declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to presses for wool and similar articles; and itconsists in certain improvements in the construction of the same and a novel combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth and described, and pointed out in the claim.

The accompanying drawing represents a side View, partly in section, of the improved device for a press.

A designates the floor, and B the ceiling, of a story in a building provided with an elevator having the vertical guides O, constructed in the usual manner, to form a way for the upward and downward moveinentoftheelevator,which is provided with the usual operating mechanism. A frame or platform, D, with apertures 01, is fixed to extend across between, the guides 0, usually on a level with a floor, as shown, said frame being intended to hold sacks to receive the wool, and which are passed down through the apertures, and have their upper edges fastened to the frame D.

(No model.)

E indicates the plungers for pressing the wool down in the sacks, the said plungers being usually detachably secured to the bottom of the elevator, and being operated by the vertical movements of the same in its rise and descent. The plungers may, however, be secured in like manner to a simple frame, F, and raised and lowered in like manner, said frame being sufficiently weighted to effect the pressing of the wool in the sacks.

The sacks being adjusted in position and secured to the frame D, the elevator, with the plungers attached thereto, is hoisted to be out ofthe way, and the sacks are then filled. The elevator is then allowed to descend, the plungers enter the sacks, and the pressure of the contents is thus effected. The plungers may then be detached from the elevator.

By this construction and combination of parts the elevator apparatus of a building is utilized for a purpose which renders it of great utility in many instances.

I claim In a wool-packer, the uprights O, cross-head F, and plungers E, in combination with the platform D, having bottomless apertures d. substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN S. WVHILLDIN, JR.

Witnesses;

Tnos. D. MowLDs, FRED. J. LAMBERT. 

